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“I didn’t really intend for you to ask questions now,” the General said. “It was a pause out of basic courtesy. You’re supposed to say ‘no.’ Questions will come later. A bit of tact, really.”
“Their grasp of the English language is not a reflection of their intelligence, but a reflection of the sacrifice that they have made for us.”
― Dial A for Aunties
― Dial A for Aunties
“Friends and family will not gather, ever, to celebrate my partnership with Naima—there will be no anniversaries or acknowledgments, no congratulatory cards, no celebratory ceremonies. And yet, it is this slow burning love of female friendship that actually keeps the world turning.”
― The Centre
― The Centre
“grief does that to you. It makes you either eat far too much or far too little, it makes you not sleep at all or sleep far too much, and it makes you either turn into someone who needs to be supported, or someone who will never need the support of anyone else ever again.”
― A Tidy Ending
― A Tidy Ending
“English did not just borrow words from other languages; it was stuffed to the brim with foreign influences, a Frankenstein vernacular. And Robin found it incredible, how this country, whose citizens prided themselves so much on being better than the rest of the world, could not make it through an afternoon tea without borrowed goods.”
― Babel
― Babel
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